Overview

• Speaking at a support event in Autun, Sabeha Sansal said she expected much more from the French government and noted that an April letter to Emmanuel Macron drew no reply from the Élysée or the Quai d'Orsay.
• She reported no direct contact with her father since his arrest and said the family has received no new information since July.
• She called for a large international mobilisation to pressure Algerian authorities to free Boualem Sansal before it is too late.
• Boualem Sansal was sentenced to five years in prison and a 500,000‑dinar fine on charges including undermining national unity, with concerns heightened by his cancer and age.
• Earlier this month, President Macron urged a firmer stance toward Algiers while debate intensified in France after MEP Malika Sorel’s contested statements about Sansal’s treatment.